devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory. Pointer could be NULL in case allocation fails. Check pointer validity. Identified with coccinelle (kmerr.cocci script). Fixes: 3abe3ab3cdab ("misc: fastrpc: add secure domain support") Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Hi, This has been addressed using kmerr.cocci script proposed for update at [1]. Thank you, Claudiu Beznea [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230530074044.1603426-1-claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ drivers/misc/fastrpc.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c index f48466960f1b..ea69c79ba848 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c +++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c @@ -2213,6 +2213,9 @@ static int fastrpc_device_register(struct device *dev, struct fastrpc_channel_ct fdev->miscdev.fops = &fastrpc_fops; fdev->miscdev.name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "fastrpc-%s%s", domain, is_secured ? "-secure" : ""); + if (!fdev->miscdev.name) + return -ENOMEM; + err = misc_register(&fdev->miscdev); if (!err) { if (is_secured) -- 2.34.1